Throughout the story, Chopin uses various images to reveal the different themes. The most prominent theme is that of rebirth. The purpose of this paper is to examine more closely the theme of a new beginning and to see how this adds to the effect of tragic irony. ... The smell of rain in the air symbolizes the beginning of life and her new awakening. ...
Dylan Thomas's poems mostly have a theme that is exuberant and lively, though his poems posses these qualities some can be a little indistinct in their meanings, and obscure. ... We discover that Thomas is telling a tale of an awakening. An awakening from beyond the grave, from beyond the realms of normality and what we understand to be natural life. ... The poet carries on with this theme of life evolving from something that is meant to be dead. ...
The film takes the conventions of the dream vision employed by the Pearl poet, and gives them an existential slant by applying the poem's "if clause" and its religious themes to notions of reality, existence, and the consequences that manifest themselves as alternatives to both. ...
